Vietnam greatly values extensive strategic partnership with Japan

Politburo member and National Assembly (NA) Vice Chairwoman Tong Thi Phong made the statement at a reception for a delegation of the former parliamentarians association of the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan (LDP), led by Saito Toshitsugu, in Hanoi on November 6. Phong applauded the role played by incumbent and former Japanese parliamentarians in reinforcing the relationship between the two nations. Highlighting Japan as one of Vietnam’s leading economic partners, Phong voiced her hope that the two countries will continue expanding their partnership across a variety of fields to come up to the two nations’ expectations and for the sake of peace and prosperity in the region and the wider world. The Vietnamese legislative body is set to ratify the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) on November 12, she said while hoping that the Japanese side would back Vietnam during the process of carrying out of the trade pact. With regard to the Vietnam-Japan university project, Phong told her guests that Vietnamese leaders have been paying heed to the project and will ask relevant agencies and localities to accelerate the project in the hope of making the university a symbol of Vietnam-Japan relations. Saito Toshitsugu, for his part, commended the tremendous achievements Vietnam has recorded during its national construction and development process, as well as its active role in dealing with regional and international issues. He also pledged his greater efforts to take the extensive strategic partnership between Vietnam and Japan to new heights in the time… [Read full story]